Pakistan, China’s closest ally in the Muslim world, openly criticized its treatment of its Uighur population, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority living in the western Chinese region in Xinjiang, earlier this week. It marks the strongest condemnation of China’s repression of the population yet. Noorul Haq Qadri, Pakistan’s federal minister for …

China’s ongoing mistreatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority continues to escape the headlines, including in Muslim-majority nations. Although the forced assimilation campaign targets the Uyghurs’ culture and religion amongst other human rights violations, they have received no support from other Muslim populations; common critics of Islamophobia and abuses against Muslim …

Baku, North Azerbaijan,Jan 29 North Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said: “Azerbaijan will open a trade center in the special economic zone in Shanghai, China, this year.” Trend news reported on Jan 29. He was addressing a conference on the fourth year of implementation of the State Program of Socio-Economic Development …

  Some local governments and institutes have posted notices in China’s restive Xinjiang province banning students and civil servants from taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Experts on the region say although the orders are not new, they run the risk of reinforcing recent tensions. …

Sources report that the authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are secretly transferring Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China. The reasons for the transfer are thought to be a lack of capacity to host the vast amount of prisoners, prevention of unrest in Xinjiang and the creation of …

WASHINGTON, U.S. July 24 It would be easy to write off President Donald Trump’s bellicose tweet threatening Iran Monday morning as a bit of “wag the dog,” a diversionary tactic to blunt criticism of his fawning treatment of Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, or from the news that his lawyer may possess embarrassing tapes with his voice. …

Markets are soaring, but divisions are deepening among citizens of both developed and developing countries. Liberal democracy currently has less legitimacy than at any time since World War II, and the global order is unraveling. There has been plenty of turmoil in international politics over the past 20 years, but …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 14 According to the latest  report of Iran Cultural Heritage Organization, Mr. Akbar Karimi’s cultural institution has placed on the list of UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage. The South Azerbaijani researcher’s cultural institution with the name of Treasure of the Phoenix (Treasure of the Gognus) has placed on the list of …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 15 In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic. The resolution by the UN’s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, while …

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jun 25 The First Defeat for the Expansion of the Revolution to the Republic of Azerbaijan Following Disintegration of the Soviet Union Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly emerged Republic of Azerbaijan became the first target in security doctrine of the Islamic Republic. Iran has …